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The Hour Of Peril: The Secret Plot To Murder Lincoln Before The Civil War (2013)

by Daniel Stashower(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0312600224 (ISBN13: 9780312600228)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Minotaur Books

review 1: Kinda of a melodramatic title for this extremely well-written book, which is more or less a mini-biography of Allan Pinkerton. Pinkerton is a very interesting historical character and the highlight of his career is considered to be the weeks he spent detecting and foiling a plot hatched in Baltimore to assassinate President-elect Lincoln. This book is the perfect length, provides interesting tidbits like a description of the world's first female private detective (Kate Warne) and informative descriptions the operation of railroads in the mid-19th century. Well worth reading when you're feeling like a mini-dose of history written in a compelling manner.
review 2: This book has won several awards in the Mystery non-fiction category. It is a good read. However, as... more an historian, I am leery of historical books that do not provide sources for their "Facts." While the book does have a bibliography, it does not prove source notes. I know many of Pinkerton's early records were destroyed in a fire. Still, the question remains, did a plot in Baltimore exist or did Pinkerton explot the tensions in the city to gain him fame? less

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